Relief fund benefits family of 3-year-old who died in crash

WORCESTER 
A relief fund has been established for a local family involved in a March 11 accident that killed a 3-year-old boy and seriously injured his 7-year-old brother.

Jayden Figueroa died after the car his mother was driving allegedly slammed into parked vehicles on Franklin Street at 70 mph.

Jayden was buried this week at Notre Dame Cemetery in Worcester. His great-uncle, Nelson Torres, said the child's heart was made available through an organ donation program.

Mr. Torres, who is the uncle of Luis Figueroa, the children's father, asked the public to keep the family in its prayers.

The funds are being raised to help the children's father pay for burial costs for Jayden and to pay for surgeries and rehabilitation for Jayden's 7-year-old brother.

Jayden's brother, Luis Figueroa, was transferred Thursday to Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, Mr. Torres said. He had been hospitalized at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center — University Campus.

Mr. Torres said the 7-year-old suffered a broken pelvis and broken ribs. He must wear a head restraint device for approximately three months, Mr. Torres said.